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<p><b><font face="Verdana" size="3">Interstellar Empires</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Your conflicts with other Star Lords take place 
on a 2-D map that represents a Star Cluster, or Galaxy.&nbsp; The size of the 
map is (typically) a 100x100 grid, although this can be changed depending on the 
Scenario being played.&nbsp; Only one object (<a href="StarSystems.htm">StarSystem</a>,
<a href="StarShips.htm">StarShip</a>, Wormhole) can occupy a space on the map at 
any one time.&nbsp; This introduces opportunities to blockade and set up 
defensive barriers.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">The interstellar arena is occupied by the 
following items of interest:</font></p>
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<img border="0" src="StarSystem.gif" align="left" width="127" height="99"></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFF00">StarSystems</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">As a Star Lord, your goal is to eliminate your 
opponents, and to achieve that end you will need to conquer 
<a href="StarSystems.htm">StarSystems</a>.&nbsp; 
StarSystems give you the Resources needed to build up your fleets, expand your 
empire, and ultimately conquer the StarSystem Capitals of your enemy Star Lords.&nbsp; 
If your Capital StarSystem is captured, you are eliminated from the game.&nbsp; 
You can identify a capital by the diamond surrounding it.</font></p>
<p><img border="0" src="StarShip.gif" align="left" width="80" height="64"><font color="#FFFF00"><b>StarShips</b></font></p>
<p>You will use <a href="StarShips.htm">StarShips</a> to conquer StarSystems, fend off enemy assaults, and 
conduct your own offensive operations.&nbsp; There are many types of StarShips 
to choose from, but at the beginning of each game you must select the six 
StarShip types that you can build during the game.&nbsp; When you conquer an 
enemy Star Lord, you learn how to build the StarShip types that they selected.&nbsp; 
Also, certain StarSystem have bonuses that give you the ability to build new 
StarShips.</p>
<p><img border="0" src="Nebula.gif" align="left" width="128" height="100"><font color="#FFFF00"><b><a name="Nebula">Nebula</a></b></font></p>
<p>The blue mass along the left of this image is a nebula.&nbsp; Depending on 
the Scenario used, there will be nebulae of various sized distributed throughout 
the playing area.&nbsp; When a StarShip is within a nebula, its Scanners (if it 
has any) become non-operational.&nbsp; Additionally, ships in nebula cannot be 
detected by enemy Scanners.</p>
<p><img border="0" src="Wormhole.gif" align="left" width="80" height="68"><font color="#FFFF00"><b><a name="Wormholes">Wormholes</a></b></font></p>
<p>Wormholes are rifts in space-time that connect two distant points in 
interstellar space.&nbsp; When a StarShip moves onto a Wormhole, it reappears at 
the Wormhole's destination, which can be anywhere on the map.</p>
<p><b><font color="#FFFF00">
<img border="0" src="BlackHole.gif" align="left" width="218" height="139">Black 
Holes</font></b></p>
<p>Black Holes exert a gravitational pull on all StarShips in their range.&nbsp; 
Ships pulled into Black Holes are destroyed.&nbsp; You will not see a Black Hole 
until one of your StarShips is pulled into it.&nbsp; The closer a StarShip is to 
a Black Hole, the more difficult it will be to break away from its pull, 
although a StarShip's Engine rating does influence this chance.</p>
<p><img border="0" src="PulsarFrame.gif" align="left" width="30" height="30"><b><font color="#FFFF00">Pulsars</font></b></p>
<p>Pulsars are high energy imploded stars that spin rapidly and emit large 
amounts of energy.&nbsp; <a href="StarShips.htm">StarShips</a> can harness this 
energy to charge their internal systems.&nbsp; Any damaged StarShip that moves 
next to a Pulsar has all its damage immediately repaired.</p>
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<p><img border="0" src="Viewer.gif" align="left" width="218" height="174"><font color="#FFFF00"><b>Strategic 
View</b></font></p>
<p>When playing a game, you will see the Strategic View in the lower right 
corner of the command interface.&nbsp; This provides an overview of the entire 
map, and allows you to scroll to areas in the map by clicking and dragging 
within it.</p>

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